Bob Younger's Fate — page 92: what you’re looking at

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BOB YOUNGER’S FATE. 83 and inflections which no one can get rid of, made me morally certain that should I hear the man use his ordinary mode of speech, under any favorable circumstances, I would be able to recognize it in- stantly. ‘“Assuming this costume, I began to hada Stark with the idea of connecting him with the robbery. I was surprised to find him heading your way, but was glad that such was the case, because I knew I would have a good chance to listen. Slipping in at the door, I succeeded in getting behind that curtain while your backs were turned, and there I sat dur- ing your whole conversation. You are the best act- ress I’ve seen for many a day, Miss Ferry.’’ “But what discovery did you make?’’ asked the girl, eagerly. ‘‘He’s the man!’’ “How ??’’ “There isn’t the least doubt in my mind that the disouised fellow who laid me “tas last night and Ju- lian Stark are the.same persons.’ “Tsn’t that awful?!’’ | ‘Not such dreadful news as we may hear yet. I have reason to believe that there is a desperate band concerned in this thing, and that it is well or- ganized. The members evidently are determined to keep track of affairs, for, as an instance, one of them this morning visited the bank in disguise, and tried to pump the janitor. He didn’t succeed very well, from the fact that Hayes doesn’t seem to know much more about the circumstances of the case ‘than the merest stranger.” ‘Have you formed any plans for the future?” ‘None except to watch and wait. That is the kind of game it will turn out to be. An expert detective (e(@) Gomicbooks